About

Hi, I’m Colin Marshall, an essayist, podcaster, and public speaker at the intersection of cities, cinema, Asia, language, and men’s style currently based in Los Angeles, and in South Korea from late 2015 onward.

I host and produce the world-traveling podcast Notebook on Cities and Culture [RSS] [iTunes], a show dedicated to long-form conversation with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene around Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Osaka, Kyoto, Mexico City, Vancouver, Toronto, Copenhagen, London, Seoul and beyond. It evolved from the public radio program The Marketplace of Ideas, which aired on KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara from 2007 to 2011.

My video essay series Los Angeles: The City in Cinema examines the variety of Los Angeleses revealed in the films set there, both those new and old, mainstream and obscure, respectable and schlocky, appealing and unappealing — just like the city itself.

My public speaking tends to cover the same suite of subjects referenced above, especially cities in cinema. If you’ve got any inquiries, please do feel free to send them along to the e-mail address below.